Quotable Comments
"If you hold power long enough in a one-party state -- North Korea, Cuba, Massachusetts -- you can believe anything. Fidel Castro says he speaks for the Cuban people. Kim Jong believes those he holds in bondage adore him. Ted Kennedy thinks he's a megaphone for the masses." --Don Feder
"The distance Iraq has come in less than two years is remarkable. In January 2003, all political power in the country was concentrated in the hands of a single sadistic dictator. He represented, and answered to, no one but himself. Today, 7,200 candidates are campaigning for the privilege of holding office in a government of, by, and for the Iraqi people. If that isn't progress, nothing is." --Jeff Jacoby
"It's depressing that after three years the Democrats seem incapable of any kind of characterization of the enemy that approximates to reality. But it's not surprising. In the landscape of modern progressive pieties, there are no enemies, just friends whose grievances we haven't yet accommodated." --Mark Steyn
"It has been a mission...to bring to readers' attention all that 'gets overlooked if not ignored' in Iraq: the advancements of the political and civil society; the rebirth of freedom, economic growth and reconstruction progress; the generosity of foreigners and the positive role coalition troops play in rebuilding the country; and the usually unremarked-upon security successes. Contrary to some critics, the intention has never been to whitewash the situation in Iraq or to downplay the negative. The violence, bloodshed, disappointments and frustrations are all there for everyone to see and read about in the 'mainstream' media on a daily basis. Pointing out positive developments is not to deny the bad news, merely to provide a more complete picture. As voters faced with the defining foreign policy issue of the new millennium, we owe it to ourselves to be fully informed about the state of affairs in Iraq -- and that means rebuilt hospitals as well as car bombs. ... Only time will tell where the future of Iraq lies -- more violence and decline, or more of the overlooked and ignored stories. ... If the media have the tendency to report mostly the bad news, we can only wish the people of Iraq a future in which their country rarely graces the pages of our newspapers. The election coming up in less than two weeks is hopefully the first tentative step on the road to that boring future. But the Iraqis who survived numerous wars and decades of oppression would agree: boring is not bad." --The Wall Street Journal
As the "loyal opposition" of the political Left endeavors to forge together its shenanigans for '05, we're reminded of the comforting words of Will Rogers, who once quipped, "I am not a member of any organized political party -- I am a Democrat." Seventy years after his death, Democrats appear to be organized only in their disdain for the President. And while the Democrats continue to question the President's intelligence, they are defining proof of another of Mr. Rogers' adages: "Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects."
"The distance Iraq has come in less than two years is remarkable. In January 2003, all political power in the country was concentrated in the hands of a single sadistic dictator. He represented, and answered to, no one but himself. Today, 7,200 candidates are campaigning for the privilege of holding office in a government of, by, and for the Iraqi people. If that isn't progress, nothing is." --Jeff Jacoby
"It's depressing that after three years the Democrats seem incapable of any kind of characterization of the enemy that approximates to reality. But it's not surprising. In the landscape of modern progressive pieties, there are no enemies, just friends whose grievances we haven't yet accommodated." --Mark Steyn
"It has been a mission...to bring to readers' attention all that 'gets overlooked if not ignored' in Iraq: the advancements of the political and civil society; the rebirth of freedom, economic growth and reconstruction progress; the generosity of foreigners and the positive role coalition troops play in rebuilding the country; and the usually unremarked-upon security successes. Contrary to some critics, the intention has never been to whitewash the situation in Iraq or to downplay the negative. The violence, bloodshed, disappointments and frustrations are all there for everyone to see and read about in the 'mainstream' media on a daily basis. Pointing out positive developments is not to deny the bad news, merely to provide a more complete picture. As voters faced with the defining foreign policy issue of the new millennium, we owe it to ourselves to be fully informed about the state of affairs in Iraq -- and that means rebuilt hospitals as well as car bombs. ... Only time will tell where the future of Iraq lies -- more violence and decline, or more of the overlooked and ignored stories. ... If the media have the tendency to report mostly the bad news, we can only wish the people of Iraq a future in which their country rarely graces the pages of our newspapers. The election coming up in less than two weeks is hopefully the first tentative step on the road to that boring future. But the Iraqis who survived numerous wars and decades of oppression would agree: boring is not bad." --The Wall Street Journal
As the "loyal opposition" of the political Left endeavors to forge together its shenanigans for '05, we're reminded of the comforting words of Will Rogers, who once quipped, "I am not a member of any organized political party -- I am a Democrat." Seventy years after his death, Democrats appear to be organized only in their disdain for the President. And while the Democrats continue to question the President's intelligence, they are defining proof of another of Mr. Rogers' adages: "Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects."
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